Rieux (French pronunciation: [ʁijø] ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Rieux | |
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 The manor in Rieux | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Rieux  | |
  Rieux  Rieux | |
| Coordinates: 49°56′10″N 1°34′55″E / 49.9361°N 1.5819°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Dieppe |
| Canton | Eu |
| Intercommunality | CC Aumale - Blangy-sur-Bresle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Roussel[1] |
Area 1 | 7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 603 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76528 /76340 |
| Elevation | 61–209 m (200–686 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editA forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray at the junction of the D149 with the D407 road, some 22 miles (35 km) east of Dieppe.
Heraldry
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The arms of Rieux are blazoned : Or, on a fess wavy azure between a demi-lion issuant from the fess and, in fess a rose between 2 mallets gules, a sword [fesswise] argent.
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Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 407 | — |
| 1975 | 415 | +0.28% |
| 1982 | 417 | +0.07% |
| 1990 | 475 | +1.64% |
| 1999 | 576 | +2.17% |
| 2007 | 618 | +0.88% |
| 2012 | 639 | +0.67% |
| 2017 | 632 | −0.22% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
edit- The church of St. Martin & St. Barthélemy, dating from the sixteenth century.
- A fifteenth century brick-built manorhouse.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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